Manufacture of clothing.



E. MOP. LYLES & B. KRANZBERG.

MANUFAGTURVE OP CLOTHING.-

APPIfIOATION FILED SEPT. 1911.: 4

` Patented Sept. 10,1912.

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MANUFACTUR-E 0F CLOTHING.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

Application filed September 7, 1911. Serial No. 648,220.

zens of theUnited States, residing at Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in t-he Manufacture of Clothing, of which the following is av specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in clothing manufacture, and has for an object lthe production of outergarments for men and Women which may bereadily shortened -or lengthened by the turning up o1' down of a fold or cuff disposed at the bottoni Another object is the provision of a neat and 'durable cuff whose formation lrequires a very small amount of cloth, and which can be produced quickly and at low expense. A further object is the 'provision of a cuttI so constructed as to dispense with the necessity 'for creasing that portion of the garment adjacent thereto, and which is unnoticeable when the garment is worn full length.

Other objects and advantages Will be apparent from a reading -of the following portion of this specification, `it being* understood that various changesin form, proportion, size, and minor details of construction, within the scope of the appended claims, maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention. I

Referring to the drawing, Figure 1 depicts the inner surface of the lower portion of a leg of a pair of trousers, vshowing the first step in the application of our-inven tion; Fig. 2 a sectionalperspective of the completed cuH as itappears when turned under and the garment worn full length; Figs. v3 and 4 being sectional views illus- `trating the completed cuff turned up.

resilient fabric, the same being spaced apart and each of a width considerably less than the Width of the cuff to be formed. Thereafter said margin is folded back to the eX- tent desired and its outer surface 'secured by felling or blind-stitching..emrh'e saine disposed slightly below the lower edge of the first of the underlying strips, to the inner surface of the leg or sleeve of the garment, whereupc-n the Cloth is rebent upon itself along a line 5 coincident with the upper I edge of said-underlying strip anda flange 6 60 provided, the whole then being pressed while the parts are positioned as shown in Fig. 2. By this construction and arrangement it will be appreciated that when the cuff-is turned under, as in Fig. 2, flange 6 65 will be retained close against the leg or sleeve of the garment, whereby the foot \or hand of the wearer is prevented from catching therein and breaking stitching i. Morcp over, the attachment of all parts by cement or blind-stitching renders the cuit very attrative as completed, while the resiliencyof strips 3 insures that its neat appearance will always be maintained.

Through the use of a plurality of indi v vidual strips animportant advantage is secured, in that the original length of the garment, as Worn in Fig. 2, may be altered without effecting any change in the construction of the cuff, said alteration shown in Fig. 4 being completed by simply rebending another porticnpof margin 2, together with the strip thereunder, and pres ins Vhile the foregoing describes our inv-'en- 85 tion in its application Ato trousers, it is obvious that the device can be used with equal success in connection with ladies skirts, coat-sleeves, etc., and although we are aware that many other devices of the same general character have been patented, yet we do not believe ,that the subject-matter of the following claims has been anticipated.

What we claim as new and desire to secure Letters Patent is 1. A device of the character "described, comprising a wide fold arranged at the bottom of a garment, and a comparatively narrow strip of stiff and resilient fabric secured to the inner surface of said fold, the por- 1.00 tion of said fold carrying said strip being' rebent and secured to the inner surface'of the body of the garment along a line substantially coincident with the lower edge of said strip.

2. A device of the character described,

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of the garment along a line substantially coincident with the lower edge of said strip.

HENRY MCP. LYLES. BENJ. KRANZBERG.

comprising a Wide fold arranged at the bottom of a garment, and a plurality of comparatively narrow strips of stiff and resilient fabric Secured to the inner surface of said fold, a portion Iof said fold being rebent, together with the strip thereunder, and secured to the inner surface of the body Writ-messes:

W. KEANE SMALL, THOMAS ERSKINE.

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